*** Wall Street Journal bestseller *** Investing isn\'t a man\'s world anymore--and this provocative and enlightening book shows why that\'s a good thing for Wall Street, the global financial system, and your own personal portfolio.
This indispensable volume from the multimedia financial education company Motley Fool offers essential advice for every investor hoping to turn today\'s savings into wealth for a better tomorrow..
While men are brash, compulsive, and overly daring, women tend to be more studious, skeptical, and reasonable.
Women, with their capability for patience and good decision-making, epitomize the Foolish investment philosophy and the investment practices of the most successful investor in history: Warren Buffett.
And companies with good products, good services, and ethics tend to have better long-term prospects -- and face fewer lawsuits.
They invest in companies they feel good about ethically and personally. - Women tend to look at more than just numbers when deciding whether to invest in a company.
What\'s more, single women did even better than single men, with 2.3% greater gains. - A study by the University of California at Davis found that women\'s portfolios gained 1.4% more than men\'s portfolios did.
But by trading less often, women get better returns and also save on transaction costs and capital gains taxes.
By trading more often -- and without enough research -- men reduce their net returns. - Men trade 45% more often than women do, and although men are more confident investors, they tend to be overconfident.
This prevents them from chasing hot tips and trading on whims -- behavior that tends to weaken men\'s portfolios. - Women spend more time researching their investment choices than men do.
Here are just a few characteristics of female investors that distinguish them from their male counterparts.
It\'s been proved by psychologists and scientists, and the market calamities of the past two years have only provided more statistical and anecdotal evidence of the same.
Warren Buffett and all of the women of the world have one thing in common: They are better investors than the average man. *** Wall Street Journal bestseller *** Investing isn\'t a man\'s world anymore--and this provocative and enlightening book shows why that\'s a good thing for Wall Street, the global financial system, and your own personal portfolio
